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SAT words
The 5000ish words I need to know for the SAT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abase | To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade |
| abbess | The lady superior of a nunnery |
| abdicate | To give up (royal power or the like). |
| abed | In bed; on a bed |
| aberration | Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course |
| abet | To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
| abeyance | A state of suspension or temporary inaction. |
| abhorrence | The act of detesting extremely. |
| abject | Sunk to a low condition. |
| abjure | To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath |
| able-bodied | Competent for physical service |
| ablution | A washing or cleansing, especially of the body |
| abnegate | To renounce (a right or privilege). |
| abominable | Very hateful. |
| abominate | To hate violently |
| abomination | abomination |
| aboriginal | Primitive; unsophisticated. |
| aborigines | The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. |
| aboveboard | Without concealment, fraud, or trickery |
| abrade | To wear away the surface or some part of by friction |
| abrasion | That which is rubbed off |
| abridge | To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles |
| abridgment | A condensed form as of a book or play. |
| abrogate | To abolish, repeal. |
| abrupt | Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break |
| abscess | A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body. |
| abscission | The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
| abscond | To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. |
| absent-minded | Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. |
| absolution | Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. |
| absolve | To free from sin or its penalties |
| absorb | To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water |
| abstain | To keep oneself back (from doing or using something) |
| abstemious | Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food |
| abstinence | Self denial |
| abstruse | Dealing with matters difficult to be understood |
| absurd | Inconsistent with reason or common sense |
| abut | To touch at the end or boundary line |
| academician | A member of an academy of literature, art, or science |
| accede | To agree |
| accession | Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. |
| accessory | A person or thing that aids the principal agent. |
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